Just got the “go” to mention that the next IGC plenary in March 2013 will be ….. IN THE NETHERLANDS!!!!!! Great to see a lot of friends back in Holland in March as I play a very small part in the organisation on request of Frouwke. Just got the message from Herbie [Eric Mozer] —Yes,…
17.00 ;So start times will be crucial again today. With the knowledge that the better weather should be there at 3 it was interesting to see what the decisions would be. In open class pilots left between 14.30 and 15.09. In 18 m. between 15.04 and 15.26. In 15 m. between 14.36 and 15.14. It seems…
Looking at Spot Tracker information and listening to radio transmissions it’s clear that Leonard and Seaborn are still flying as a pair and both just reported 30 kilometers out on final glide. We can see and hear Butler and Tabery and they are st…
Drying from the strong temperature inversion did indeed mix drier air and dissipated the morning stratus field around Uvalde. However, temperature forecasts right on-trend and thermal altitudes initially low just after launch. Around 1500CD…
For Open Class winner Oscar Goudrian (OG) of South Africa, Day 10 turned out to be the slowest winning day of this race, at 134.5 kph, or 83.6 mph. The fastest speed of the day went to Australia’s 18-meter pilot, David Jansen (4D), at 141.2 kph, or 8…
6.45pm All of final glide now, so now we wait for the results to see if they had fun :-)6.30pm Team Trotter 50km out6.15pm Tom and David on final glide at 80km. First finishers calling 10kmThe guys are all out on task under Cu with streeting – a classi…
Another dusty and windy Good afternoon from the WGC!It was quite a trip getting to the grid and back today, due to that same wind as yesterday that is busy picking up all the dust and blinding us. Against all obstacles, the launch went on safe and in g…
Another dusty and windy Good afternoon from the WGC!It was quite a trip getting to the grid and back today, due to that same wind as yesterday that is busy picking up all the dust and blinding us. Against all obstacles, the launch went on safe and in g…
The satellite shows very few cumulus along the first legs of today’s tasks so it’s a good day for team flying. Looks like all three pairs of US Team Pilots are doing just that. Seaborn and Leonard started together at 1436. Butler and …
We hope you enjoy this more or less random sample of instrument panels at WGC 2012 in Uvalde. The panels pictured here are those in about 1/3 of the competing sailplanes.
